Among all professions, Scholar had always been the most unique.
For no other reason than its "purity."
"Scholars, especially low-tier Scholars, do not even have combat-oriented profession abilities. The only things they can rely on are their Profession Skills."
"Reading" and "writing" were two sides of the same coin. "Understanding/reading/accepting corruption (taboo)" was the prerequisite, while "outputting/writing/altering corruption (taboo)" was the result.
Lu PingAn had not understood before, but looking back now, rather than Scholars being pure, it was more accurate to say that other professions had, to varying degrees, borrowed the power of Scholars, while Scholars remained as "simple" as possible.
"Altering corruption, turning chaos and disorder into order and control—isn't that a profession ability? It could be said that every profession borrows the foundational abilities of Scholars."
That was why low-tier Scholars were genuinely weak. With only the Profession Skills of "reading" and "writing," they could only assist other professions. On their own, they were still useless.
High-tier Scholars remained pure and still possessed only those two traits, but once their strength rose, they became terrifying enough.
The standard advancement path for pure Scholars was Lawyer and judge. They could understand the "commands" and "curses" of others, then turn them into their own through written records. Once a Scholar gained the privilege of "writing" their own reality into the real world, they became a bug among Professionals.
But reaching that stage was not easy. A Law User's hundredfold trials required endless accumulation and learning, honing one's "reading" and "writing" to a certain realm.
Lu PingAn's Bookkeeper was a pure Scholar profession, yet it established a "connection" between him and a "debtor." By recording the "debt relationship" between both sides, it ultimately created the result—Life Coins.
It was a variation, but it was also true to its essence. Its